Charter Oak is preparing for their first league matchup of the season on Tuesday. They will welcome the Rowland Raiders at 3:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Charter Oak turned things around against Garfield on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged out the Bulldogs 2-1.
Steven Haywood looked comfortable as he pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off four hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (two).
At the plate, Charter Oak saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joaquin Cervantes, who went 2-for-3 with one double and one RBI. That RBI was Cervantes' first of the season.
Meanwhile, Rowland fell victim to Notre Dame and their airtight pitching crew on Saturday. They fell just short of the Titans by a score of 1-0. The shutout was out of character for the Raiders seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in February.
Rowland's defeat dropped their record down to 7-9. As for Charter Oak, their win bumped their record up to 4-9.
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